EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A Mexican man was recently arrested in El Paso on criminal charges related to his alleged illegal re-entry, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Jaime Perez Salinas, identified as a Mexican national, was located in El Paso without immigration documents allowing him to be in the country legally.
Salinas has been removed from the U.S. twice before, the most recent removal being in December 2024, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
He was convicted in 2018 and sentenced to 60 months in prison for distribution of 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Salinas is charged with one count of illegal re-entry into the U.S. If convicted he faces up tp 10 years in federal prison.
The U.S. Border Patrol is investigating the case.
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